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HB3786 • 2026

State employee compensation; park rangers; effective date; emergency.

State employee compensation; park rangers; effective date; emergency.

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Sponsor
Adams
Last action
2026-02-09
Official status
Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources Subcommittee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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State employee compensation; park rangers; effective date; emergency.

State employee compensation; park rangers; effective date; emergency.

What This Bill Does

  • State employee compensation; park rangers; effective date; emergency.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3786 (House): Introduced (2/5/2026)

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-09 House

    Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources Subcommittee

  2. 2026-02-03 House

    Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget

  3. 2026-02-03 House

    Referred to Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources Subcommittee

  4. 2026-02-02 House

    First Reading

  5. 2026-02-02 House

    Authored by Representative Adams

Official Summary Text

State employee compensation; park rangers; effective date; emergency.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3786 (House): Introduced (2/5/2026)

Current Bill Text

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)

HOUSE BILL 3786 By: Adams

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to state employee compensation;
providing for increase in compensation of Park
Rangers of the Division of State Parks; providing for
noncodification; providing an effective date; and
declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be
codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
Effective July 1, 2026, the compensation paid to each Park
Ranger of the Division of State Parks of the Oklahoma Tourism and
Recreation Department shall be increased by fifteen percent (15%).
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2026.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.

60-2-14367 JL 01/01/26